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THE LION-TAILED MONKEY. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Front teeth in each jaw 4, placed near together. 



Canine Teeth folitary, longer than the others, diftant from the remain- 

 ing teeth, or grinders. 

 Grinders obtufe. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Tailed black naonkey, with very large whitifh fpreading beard. 

 Lion-tailed baboon. Pennant, ^ladr. p. 



Ouanderou. Buff. 14. />. 169. pi. 18-. 



THIS is one of thofe fpecies which might perhaps with greater propriety 

 be placed amongft the Baboons than amongft Monkies ftriftly fo called. 

 It is an animal of confiderable fize, frequently equalling that of a m.iddle-fized 

 dog. Its colour is a deep black, except the under part of the body, which 

 is of a lighter call. The beard alfo, which is mod uncommonly large and 

 long, and which fpreads round the whole face, is nearly white. It is a fierce 

 and untraftable fpecies. 



It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and is particularly found in the Illand 

 of Ceylon, where it refides in woods. It is alfo faid to be found in tlie 



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